Electrical connector

An electrical connector assembly comprising:

• a. a first housing of insulating material having a plurality of side walls forming at least one passageway opening into a forward mating end, said mating end having at least one inwardly, projecting elongated rib on one interior side wall surface, and at least one wire-receiving slot in a side wall in general alignment with the passageway;
• b. at least one conductive male terminal positioned in the passageway in the first housing, said terminal having a body section with a wire-connecting portion at one end extending into the forward mating end of the housing, said wire-connecting portion comprising a generally planar tab having a wire-receiving groove extending from its free end rearwardly toward the body section;
• c. a second housing of insulating material having one end adapted to be telescopingly received into the forward mating end of the first housing, said one end having on the exterior surface of one wall at least one channel positioned to slidingly receive the elongated rib positioned in the forward mating end so as to guide the housings together, further, said second housing having at least one passageway therethrough, said passageway in said second housing being in alignment with the passageway in the first housing;
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• d. at least one conductive female terminal positioned in the passageway of the second housing, said female terminal having on one end a wire-connecting portion comprising a web with arms extending laterally along either side to provide a tab receiving cavity, so that as the first and second housing are mated together, the wire-connecting portion on the male terminal is telescopingly received in the wire-connecting portion on the female terminal and a wire which may be inserted into the wire-receiving slot in the first housing in front of the male terminal is bent by the tab and web and crimped longitudinally in between the groove and the web.